St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay

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St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay
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St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay
31°33′0″S116°27′55″E / 31.55000°S 116.46528°E / -31.55000; 116.46528 (St Stephen's Anglican Church)
Location132 Stirling Terrace, Toodyay , Western Australia
CountryAustralia
Denomination Anglican
Website St Stephen, Toodyay
History
Status Church
Founded1861 (1861)
Dedication St Stephen
Consecrated 1862
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) F.G.B. Hawkins (1948)
Style Victorian Gothic
Years built1861–62, extended 1948
Specifications
Materials Brick, corrugated iron
Administration
Province Western Australia
Diocese Perth
Parish Toodyay-Goomalling
Official nameSt Stephen's Church of England (fmr)
TypeShire of Toodyay
Heritage List
Designated1 December 2012
Part ofStirling Terrace Streetscape Group (04128)
Reference no. 02579

St Stephen's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church on Stirling Terrace, Toodyay , Western Australia. It was one of the earliest significant public buildings constructed in the town then named Newcastle.

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History

St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay circa 1890s - 1910s. St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay circa 1890s - 1910s.tif
St Stephen's Anglican Church, Toodyay circa 1890s - 1910s.

The church was built by George Henry Hasell, assisted by stonemason Esau Wetherall and a shingle splitter with the surname MacKnoe. On 9 May 1862 Matthew Hale, in his role as Lord Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Perth, consecrated the church and it opened for services. [1] The first minister was Charles Harper. [2]

A separate bell tower made of bush timber was later constructed and this remains on site. The bell was dedicated in December 1910 by Charles Riley, Bishop of Perth. [2] The bell was made by Fred Metters & Co., Perth and donated by Charles Maxwell Lukin. [3]

On 20 June 1915 a memorial service was held at St Stephen's for William Henry (Bill) Strahan who had been killed in the ANZAC action at Gallipoli during World War I. Strahan was the first Toodyay casualty of the war. Widespread grief saw a large attendance (about 195 people) at his funeral—roughly 1/5 of the district's population. [4]

The shingled roof was replaced with corrugated iron in the mid 1940s. [2]

On 18 March 1948 the sanctuary of St Stephen's church was consecrated by Archbishop Robert Moline, [5] as a memorial to Charles Augustus Lee Steere and Roderick Yelverton Lee Steere, who lost their lives in World War II. The extension was designed by architect F.G.B. Hawkins and built by contractor Mr. Hawkins with bricks from the demolished Nunyle Agricultural Hall. [3]

Description

St Stephen's Church and flooded gum in Stirling Terrace, Toodyay St Stephens Church and flooded gum.jpg
St Stephen's Church and flooded gum in Stirling Terrace, Toodyay

The architectural style of the church could be described as restrained Gothic with its pointed arched window and door surrounds. There are tall lancet windows to the north and south, with buttresses dividing the north and south façades into evenly spaced bays. The highly pitched roof is today covered by corrugated iron. [6]

A flooded gum ( Eucalyptus rudis ), said to be over 400 years old, towers over the church. The trimming of the upper branches of the tree, giving it a somewhat lopsided appearance, was to prevent it striking overhead power lines which have since been run underground. Although the removal of the tree has been threatened in the past by development it is now regarded as an icon with its historical significance well appreciated. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Toodyay 2012 Anniversaries" (PDF). Toodyay Herald. March 2012. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Thomas, Alf (1949). A History of Toodyay. Western Australia: Toodyay Road Board. p. 36.
  3. 1 2 Frayne, Beth (2010). The Long Toodyay Chronology, Part 2 1901–1950. Toodyay Historical Society.
  4. ↑ Anstey, Stephen (1980). The Impact of the Great War on the Beverley, Toodyay & Murchison Goldfield Communities of WA 1914–1917.
  5. ↑ "Personal". The West Australian . Perth. 19 March 1948. p. 3 Edition: Air Edition. Retrieved 13 March 2014. The Minister for Lands (Mr. L. Thorn) was present.
  6. ↑ Hocking Planning & Architecture (2012), Municipal Inventory and Heritage List (PDF), Shire of Toodyay, pp. 292–294, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018, retrieved 12 April 2018
  7. ↑ Living History. Shire of Toodyay.

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